SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos volleyball team clinched a five-set, CCAA conference thriller over Cal State Dominguez Hills on Saturday night at The Sports Center. The final scores were 21-25, 25-21, 25-9, 27-29, 15-9.
 
"This is a really hard fought victory for us, not only in the win column, but also in our approach from rebounding from last night's tough battle and our ability to keep a narrow focus and compete point for point," said CSUSM head coach Andrea Leonard. "This was a total team victory in that we had players contributing both on the court and off the bench. Our team chemistry allows us to be a multi-dimensional team. I am confident that this will continue to build on our success of this program."
 
With the win, the Cougars improve to 7-3 overall and 1-1 in conference play. The Toros drop to 3-7, 0-2 in CCAA action.
 
Freshman Maddy Newcombe led the Cougars offense with 16 kills on 37 attempts and only three errors for a .351 clip. Sophomore Lauren Lee and freshman Taylor Dixon also reached double digits in kills with 15 and 12 kills, respectively.  Freshman Madi Anderson tallied her second consecutive double-double with 11 kills and 13 digs. Freshman Aleese Wheaton dished out 49 assists on top of 19 digs and junior Samantha Flores recorded 28 digs. Sophomore Faith Fortune matched last night's block performance with six more against CSUDH. 
 
With digs and aces being equal, the Cougars out-blocked CSUDH, 11-8. CSUSM registered above .200 in three of the five sets to finish with a .207 clip while forcing the Toros to a .115 hitting percentage.
 
The Golden Eagles were led by Tati Yandall's 19 kills and 12 digs.
 
The Cougars wrap up non-conference play on Tuesday at Point Loma. First serve is 7 p.m.